After coming back to this topic and trying to retrace my steps, I realized how confusing this whole thread is so I decided to add a quick howto on getting this program to work. Typing in X-TaskSwitchXP in Google brings up this page first anyhow so it might as well be the home page.

The program's status as fully portable is still tentative but here are the steps to get X-TaskSwitchXP working correctly.

VistaSwitcher writes to the Registry, which I was disappointed about. Right now I have a WinPenPack version of TaskSwitchXP which cleans up the Registry, but I always prefer a native portable application.

Unfortunately, it keeps forgetting the settings on system restart. I keep restarting and suddenly its all back in the default Italian.

I've persisted with this program just because it 3 things I absolutely love:

* Very low disk and ram footprint (less than a meg!)* Right-click minimize-to-tray ability* Alt+tab with a preview window that's mouse-interactive window (can click on what I want rather than cycling through a long list).

I'll try emailing the author, although I'm guessing he's focused on the new version (VistaSwitcher).

The problem is that the portable version will never work with elevated applications on Windows Vista and Windows 7 because of UAC. In order to work with those applications (Registry Editor, Computer Management, etc) VistaSwitcher must be installed in C:\Program Files\*** directory.

Despite this update, the author is actively encouraging users to switch to another version. The program is unsupported on Vista and Win7, I've set it aside. However, low resource usage, never crashes, customizable and ease of use have all made this one of my favorite programs on the site. I'm almost always running it.

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